Bottle-wrapper machine.



No. 850,467. PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

M. COSTELLO. BOTTLE WRAPPER MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1906.

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BQTTLE WHAPPER MAQHBNED no. eta tea fipecification of Letters Patent.

Patented-April is, 1907.

Application filed June 8, 1906. Serial No. 320,819.

To all whom it; may concern:

Be it known that I, MAUnIoE CosrnLLo, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful lmpro'vements in Bottle-Wrapper Maafull, clear, and exact description of the in-,

companying drawings, and to the'figures of reference marked thereon,which form a par of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bottle-wrapper machines of thetype shown and described in United States Letters'Patent No. 585,748,granted to H. S. Gordon Jul 6, 1897. p

. he im rovements relate to means for applying a esive substance to thewrapper on plication of the receptacle-say a hundred .the upper side andadjacent to one corner,

to means for creasing said corner after the aplue or adhesive substance,to means for ioFding said corner upon the crease-line and adhering it tothe wrapper, to means for discharging the finishedwrapper into areceptacle, and to means for counting the wrappers discharged into thereceptacle. The lattermeans comprises devices for marking. one of thewrappers after a given number have been de osited into the li itso thatthe wrappers may be'removed from the rece tacle and packed for shipmentwithout the necessity of counting them in removing them from thereceptacle.

In the drawings annexed hereto, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved bottlewra per machine. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of t e front ofthe machine. Fig, 3 is a sectional view on the line a: at of Fig. 2.Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the rearward end of the machine. Fig. 5 isa view of the wra per after the same has been creased and g ued andbefore the operation of bendin the corner. Fig. 6 is an end view of thede ivery end with the receptacle and counting device plate 9 in bendingt feeding them into the receiving end of the machine.

3 and 4 are male and female rollers, whichare connected by gears 3' and4. These rollers score or crease the opposite corners of the wrappers onthe-dia onal lines 5 and 6, as shown in Fig. 5, and upon which linessaid corners are bent in opposite directions after being glued so as tosecure them to the body of the wrap ers. The corner of the wrapper bentu on t e score-lines 6 lies upon the under si e of the wrapper as itpasses through the machine, and this corner is scored, glued, and bentover against the under side of the Wrapper in the same manner as shownand described in the patent hereinbefore referred to.

The present inprovements relate more especially to the gluing andbending of the corner of the wrapper on the score-line 5 against theupper side of the wrap er.

7 is a lower bending-r0 er, to an. upper cam-roller 8 through gears 7and 8. This roller 7 e06 erates with a pressuree upper corner of thewrapper upon the score-line 5 after said corner has been glued in amanner hereinafter described. The pressurelate 9 is rigidly supportedupon a depen' ing arm 10, connected to a transverse bar 11, which isslidingly mounted parallel with the cam-roller 8 and is given horizontalreciprocating movement by means of a pin 12, which rojects intoaperipheral cam-groove 13 insai roller 8.

Glue is applied at the point 14, as shown Fig. 5, before the wrapper isgiven its crease or score-line '5. p v

15 designates a wiper on shaft 16 above the initial supporting-roller 1and geared to said supporting-roller through spur-wheels 1 and 16. Thiswiper carries a pastor 17, which is of a resilient nature and when inits lower position touches the corner of the wra per and applies thenecessaryquantity f glhe thereto. The glue is obtained from a receptacle18, mounted above the scoringrollers 3 and 4 and in which rotates a disk19, said disk being submerged at the bottom in the glue. On the sameshaft with the disk 19 is a sprocket-wheel 20, rotating on the outerside of the glue-receptacle 18 and connects with a small intermediatedriving-sprocket 22 by a chain 21. Upon the shaft 23 of the sprocket 22there is a main driving-Wheel 24, which is connected with a sprocket onthe shaft of theinitial supporting-roller 1. The

which is geared IllO necessary power for operating the machine isintroduced at the shaft of roller 1. Upon the shaft 23, in alinementwith the gluingdisk 19, is a series of wiper-arms 25, uniformly spacedand united to a common hub. These wiper-arms rotate in contact with thegluingdisk 19 and with the paster 17, and thus transfer the glue fromthe disk 19 to the paster 17 at the proper time.

It will thus far be seen that the first operation is to apply the glueat the point 14 on the the entire surface thereof. These oorrugating-rollers 34 are connected by gears 35, only one of which is shown inFig. 1 of the drawings. These corrugating-rollers, it will be observed,are located near the delivery end of the machine, and from these rollersit is necessary to conduct the wrappers in a down ward course into thereceiver 35. Immediately in the rear of said corrugatmg-rollers are twoadvancing-rollers 36 and 37, be-' tween which the wrapper is passed. Theupper one of these rollers has a substantial peripheral groove 38 inorder that pressure will not be applied to the body of the wrapper as itpasses through these rollers. Such pressure would tend ,obviously, toremove the corrugations from the wrapper r'eviousl-y applied by thecorrugating-rol ers. The lower roller 37 and the upper roller 36 areconnectedby gears 39, and said lower roller 37 has a peripheralrecess40, into which the advancing end of the wrapper is pressed at the propertime by a resillent'arm 41, secured to the upper roller 36 within theperipheral groove 38. The wrapper is thus given its initial downwardplane of 'movement, from which position it is directed into the receiver35 by the following devices: Upon an end of the shaft of the upperroller 36 there is a wiper-arm 44 rigidly connected and carrying aroller 45. In the rotating movements of said arm 44 the roller 45engages an arm 46 made fast to rock-shaft 47,the

point of said engagement being on the lower side of the arm 46. Theshaft 47 is mounted in bearings 47 on each side of the frame and iscontrolled by an arm 42 and s ring 48 to hold the arm 46 in the path oft ewiper-roller 45. Arms 43 have an inwardly, downwardly. and outwardlsweeping movement to direct the ends of t e wrap ers farther down intothe receiver 35 after t e 'arm 4luhas initially turned down the end ofthe wrapper intoithe recess 40in the lower roller 3'7. The said arms 43are loosely supportedv in staples 52, attached to the outer face ofslides 51. The

slides 51 are mounted upon guides 53, which i are a part of stationarybrackets 53, secured to opposite sides of the framework. On

each end of the rock-shaft 47 there is a crankarm 49, the outer end ofwhich is bifurcated to straddle the link 50, to which it has a pivotalconnection. Said link 50 is connected to the slide 51 on each side ofthe machine. The middle portions ofthe arms 43 are connected withsprings 54, which exert a downward pull upon these arms, and the outerends of said arms arepivoted at 55 to plates 56.

The plates 56 are-connected to one side 57 of a hinge, which supports anarm 58, carrying at its inner end a roller 59. The other endto wit, 57ofthe hinge is rigidly attached to a su porting-arm 60.

*Ast usfar described it will be seen that the rock-shaft 47 imparts,through the sliding members 51, an up-andedown movement to the arms 43,which movement is enabled by .the pivots 55, which connect said armswith plates 56. These plates 56 extend from the plates 6], which, asbefore'stated, are connected to the hinges 57 and 57. The outward andinward movement of the arms 43 .takes place simultaneously with-themovements imparted from the rock-shafts 47, as

follows: 62 designate cam's, which are fast upon the journals of thelower roller 37. These cams are'enga ed at their outer faces constantlyby the-rollers 59 through the influence of springs 63,-which areattached to the outer ends of the arms 43 and to suitable points-of thereceiver 35. As the cams 62 are shown in Fig. 4 the arms 43 occupy theirinnermost positions in front of the lower roller 37. When the highestpoint 62 of said cams engage the rollers 59, they are caused to move thearms 43 outward, the hinged members 57 opening and carrying with themthe plates 56' and thearms 43. Thus the downwardly, outwardly, upwardly,and, inwardly sweeping movement is imparted to the arms 43 to press downthe ends of thewrappers lying rearwardly into the receiver 35.-

I will next describe the means for'counting the wrappers as they enterthe receiver 35 in the manner hereinbefore indicated.

On one side of the receiver there is a ratchet-wheel 65 mounted, saidratchetwheel having anumber of teeth corresponding to the number ofwrappers it is desired to count and mark. In the present instance thesaid wheel has sixty-five ratchet teeth,

and on'one side thereof there is a pin 64,

which travels around-with the wheel and.

trips a lever 66,-theinner end of which lies in the path of the pin.iThe wheel 65 is actuated step by'step from the rock-shaft 47 through acrank-arm 67 projected from said rock-shaft, and. a pawl 68, carried.upon said 'is located. Extending from the outer end of the lever 66 is aflexible connection 72, whichextends acrossthe receiver 35. Thisflexible connection 72 and the lever 66 are maintained in position by ayoke or frame 73, which is attached to one of the side standards 71 andextends over the receiver to a desirable extent. ,The flexibleconnection 72 is connected to a carriage 74, which is slidingly mountedupon a bar 75 and is maintained in a normal position by a spring 76,which is attached to said carriage and to the bar 75.

The carriage 74 carries a brush-holder 77, which carries a brush 78,adapted to be moved along the'bar 75 to make contactwith the side of thewrapper and to apply ink at the desired time, or upon the, entrance ofeach hundredth wrapper as fed into 7 the machine,

As before stated, theratchet-wheel makesa complete revolution when theone-hundredth wrapper is fed into the receiver. At this point the pin 64trips the lever 66 and the-carriage 74 is;moved inwardly through theflexible connection 72 to bring the brush 78 in contact with the side ofthe hundredth wrapper. By this means of counting and marking thewrappers in hundred lots they may be taken from the receiver in suchlots and packed into the shipping-cases without further delay or withoutcounting the'same' by hand, as heretofore;

I-claim '1. In a bottle-wrapper machine, an initial supporting-rollertoguide the wrapper into the machine and to support said wrapper whilereceiving adhesive substance to one corner of the wrapper, a wiper-armmounted above said roller carrying a paster adapted to engage a cornerof the wrapper and to apply adhesive substance thereto, aglue-receptacle,

a rotating disk partially submerged in said receptacle, and a series ofwiper-arms inter-Y posed between, said disk and the paster to transferthe adhesive substance from the disk to the paster.

2. In a bottle-wrapper machine, a roller for initially conducting thewrapper into the machine, a rotating paster mounted above said roller, adisk rotating in a paste-receptacle, and means interposed between saiddisk and said rotatin paster for intermittently transferring ad esivesubstance from the disk to the paster. 3. In a bottle-wrapper machine,scoringrollers, an initial feeding-roller to feed the wrapper to saidscoring-rollers and to support the wrappers while being pasted at onecorner, a p aster rotating above said initial roller,

, a glue-receptacle, aglue-transferring device partially submerged insaid receptacle, and

' ers, one of sm means interposed between said glue-transferring deviceand-said rotating paster by which adhesive substance is intermittentlyconveyed to said paster.

4.- n a bottle-wrapper machine, an init1al feeding-roller to support thema pers while being supplied atone end with ad esive substance, arotating and adapted to app one end of the wrapper while supported uponsaid roller, a receptacle to contain said adhesive substance, a devicerotating in said adhesive substance, a device interposed between thedevice within the a'dhesive-rece tacle, and the paster to intermittentlyapp y the adhesive substance to said paster, scoringrollers to score thewra per on a line between the portion receiving t -e adhesive substanceand the body of the wrapper, and bending devices to unite the portion ofthe wrapper so pasted and scored. p

5. In a bottle-wrapper machine, an initial feeding-roller to feed thewrappers and support them while each is being supplied at one cornerwith adhesive substance, a rotating paster above said roller y adhesivesubstance to paster above said-roller and applying adhev sive substancetoone corner of the wrapper while supported upon said roller, areceptacle containing said adhesive substance, a member rotating in saidadhesive substance, a device inter osed between said member and thepaster to lntermittently supply the adhesive substance to the paster,scoring-rollers to' score the wrappers on lmes between the cor-- nerreceiving the adhesive substance and the body of the WM per, andmeansfor bending the portion oft e wrapper upon the scorewrappers, means forpressing the ends of the wrappers into said recess, and means forcounting the wrappers entering the receiver.

8. In a bottle-wrap er machine, corrugating-rollers, delivery-r0 lersreceiving the corrugated wrap er from said corrugated rollddelivery-rollers having an annular peripheral recess and the other ofsaid delivery-rollers having a, peripheral recess, means for depressingthe ends of the wrappers into said .peri heral recess to deflect theirforce of travel om the machine, and a receiver to receive said wrappers.

9. In a bottle-wra per machine, deliveryrollers, one of which as aperipheral recess, vibrating arms to depress the ends of the vends ofthe wrappe'rslnto sald recess, vi

wrappers into said peripheral recess, means for imparting movements tosaid arms as described, a receiver to receive the wrappers from thedelivery-rollers after acted upon bythe vibrating arms, and means forcounting and marking the wrappers entering the receiver. v A

10. Ina bottle-wra per machine, deliver rollers, one of which as anannular eripheral depression, and the other of whic has a peripheralrecess in a portion of its circumerence, a. device for initiallydeflecting)- the rating arms to complete the de ression of the ends ofthe wrap ers into sai recess, means for imparting engitudinalreciprocating movement to said arms, and means for imparting in themeantime an' oscillating movement to said arms, and a receiver toreceive the wrappers in parallel positions after being acted upon bysaid arms.

11. In a bottle-wrapping machine, the combination with a receiver,delivery-rollers mounted at the entrance of said receiver, one of saidrollers having a peri heral recess to receive the pointed ends 0 theWrappers, means for pressing said ends of the Wrappers into said recess,means for deflecting the ends of saidwrappers as they leave the rollers,a

Wrappers into said receiver, .a counting device to count the wrappersentering said receiver, a marker to mark one of said wrappers after apredetermined number have entered the receiver, a carriage upon whichsaid marker is supported, a exible connection, a lever to which one endof said flexible connection is attached'and the other end of saidflexible connection being attached to said carriage, a bar upon whichsaid carriage is slidingly mounted, and means for maintaining said barand carriage in their normal positions' I In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence of two Witnesses. I

MAURICE cosTELLo.

